Wadena area notes huge social round up to week
A long list of visits and greetings fills the week in Wadena area. Lena Wilbour visits family in Estherville while other relatives travel from Clermont to care for Abbie Smith. Bert Barker and guests from Richmond California arrive for a few days with kin. Numerous trips, picnics, and church events dot the days as families gather, visit, and say goodbye. Funeral details for James Wade are reported with family survivors listed.
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Lena Wilbour
Estherville
Lizzie Schrock
Elizabeth Ernst
Clermont
Abbie Smith
Harold Badger
Waterloo
LaZaida Moran
Omaha
Neb
Will Whittenbaugh
Maggie Whittenbaugh
West Union
Alden Gel
Bernice Sniffin
Milwaukee
Wis
Katie Dodson
Kirksville
Dick Gage
Lima
Severzn
Wadena
Kenneth Frey
Sank City
Robert Frey
Marty
Zeila Duncan
Wetene High Beheleatweale
South Dakota
Don Henry
Barbara
Chas. Delberg
Alice Corkery
de We
John Corkery
Erma Corkery
Floyd Duffy
Sumner
Robert
Oelwein
J. C. Kennedy
Tamily
Frank Welsh
Francis Corkery
Tom Baldwin
Lyle Kuhnes
Edna
Ellen
Bernadette Corkery
Tom
Mary
Ellen Flanagan
Bert Erickson
Walter Messerli
Ray Bergan
L. A
Norman Owen
Karen
Carroll Grimes
Understanding money to teach children finance
The article argues that teaching children about money goes beyond allowances to include earning, borrowing, lending, and investing. It stresses careful record-keeping of all exchanges to instill responsible habits that carry into adult life and prevent poor financial behavior later.
Notable social notes and travels in Argo-Gazette version
eNews reports W C Falk visited Chicago last Thursday and returned the next day. Several local residents, including Mr and Mrs LeRoy Thomas and Mr and Mrs H W Faith, hosted and visited family at nearby homes. A nine pound daughter was born to Mr and Mrs Clarence Winkler on Monday morning July 26. Dorothy DeSart and Anna DeSart plan a two week auto trip through Chicago Detroit Toronto Cobourg and Callender to see Dionne quintuplets and Niagara Falls. A beloved farm dog of thirteen years owned by Mr and Mrs Bert Allen died, valued for watering and hauling duties and neighborly errands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Flanagan
Bert Badger
Paul
George White
Fayette
Harald Badger
Waterloo
H. Badger
Abbie Smith
Badger
Davis
Smith
Henry Kuhn
Amelia
Wm. Nelson
Eva Aeschliman
Fred Kuhn
Eldorado
Allen Shephard
Lloyd Lambert
Pratt
Kansas
N. F. Henry
C. F. Deberg
James Hutchinson
Laura Kathryn
Lima
Don Henry
Barbara
State Park
George Wade
Wisconsin
Guy Wade
Presbyterian Church
V. Curnock
A. J. Knutson
Roy Leonhart
W. F. Moors
Cleric Corbin
Frank Poor
Marion Corbin
Bert Marquette
Herb Whitcher
Will, Pettit
Wadena
Clarence Winkler
Dorothy DeSart
Anna DeSart
Chicago
Detroit
Toronto
Cobourg
Canada
Thomas Holmes
Callender
Niagara Falls
Argo-Gazette
Icebergs and Their Hidden Danger to Ships
Icebergs are large polar ice masses that break from icefields during thaws and drift into warmer zones. Some reach 300 feet above water, but only one eighth is visible, with seven eighths submerged. They pose significant danger to shipping and navigation.
Shilling in Old Wills and Heir Provision
The origin of the phrase cut off with a shilling traces to a Roman idea that a will must provide for true heirs, leading England to ensure legitimacy by leaving at least one shilling to a rightful heir regardless of status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Buckingham Palace Holds England's Largest Home Size
Buckingham Palace is described as England's largest house with over 2000 principal rooms. The estate includes 70 offices for secretaries and clerks and a full floor of storerooms. It is noted that the palace corridors use 12 miles of carpet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Buckingham
Kig
Forks Placed Tines Downward at Balmoral Castle
Balmoral Castle follows a royal rule to place forks tines downward. The tradition was instituted by the late King Edward after an incident where a fork’s points snagged a woman’s sleeve at a royal fete.
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Balmoral Castle
Edward
Old Dobbin Still Useful on Farm
Prof M W Harper reports demand for work horses remained strong in 1944 with 20,000 horses needed on New York farms. Invasive supply gaps push prices higher as 400,000 state horses age toward replacement and 15,000 must be bought from other states. The national total of 17 million horses and mules cannot meet replacement needs, leaving prices rising. Some farmers can raise replacements locally.
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M. W. Harper
New York State College of Agriculture
WNU Sarvice
New York
Empire State
United States
Legumes Offer Nitrogen Return After Poor Corn Year
F H Crane of the University of Illinois notes that Mlinois corn yield the smallest in 61 years removed much soil nitrogen. To replace the nitrogen from 75 bushels of corn would cost about 10 dollars in nitrate of soda, totaling over 21 million dollars for the year’s crop. Legumes, if rightly used for soil improvement and with proper manure management, provide a cheaper, practical remedy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. H. Crane
Ad Fertility
College of Agriculture
University of Miinois
Crane
Sorghum Seed as Livestock Feed Value Compared to Corn
Kansas experiment station trials show milled sorghum seed with protein supplement yields pigs gaining 1.2 pounds daily, versus 1.6 with ground sorghum replaced by other grain. Ground sorghum provides 63 percent of ground corn value and 70 percent of ground kafir. Notes taurin content and lower feeding value.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas Experiment Station
Bays
How to mix concrete blocks for strong blocks
Guidance on making good quality concrete blocks from a mix of one part cement to two and a half parts sand and three parts crushed stone or pebbles not larger than three quarters inch. It covers volumes for a cubic yard of finished concrete and yields about sixty bricks 8 by 16 inches with spaces, noting gravel bank material should meet sand and pebble proportions for density.
Raising Goats in the West and California Feuds
The article discusses goat raising as a long standing interest in the West with California conflicts over goats. It notes goats can be kept similarly to cows, require little space, and browse brush. Goats eat paper from tin cans for fiber and feed resembles cows with alfalfa, hay, barley, bran, and silage.
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West
California
Aix
Shelter for Livestock Amid Feed Shortage Urgency Rises
With nationwide feed shortages farm ers face cold season, shelter for animals becomes essential to reduce losses and conserve feed. Exposed stock burns fat for energy, increasing feed needs and jeopardizing farm livelihoods.
Early Circuit Riding Judges and Mobile Law Libraries
In the era of circuit riding judges in Ohio, law libraries traveled from village to village rather than resting on shelves. Courtrooms were often damp and muddy, with judges facing rough roads and scarce food as they carried legal texts between towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Rhode Island Church Lottery Granted in 1794
Rhode Island's general assembly granted a church organization a license to hold a lottery in 1794 to promote public worship and advance religion. The prospectus states the prize aims to aid the advancement of religious efforts.
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Rhode Island
General Assembly
Legend Links St Andrew Cross to Scottish Victory
Legend says St Andrew's cross appeared in the sky to a Scottish army the night before a battle with the Saxons. The Scots won, adopting St Andrew as their national saint and emblem.
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Andrew
Notable church property signs in revolutionary era France
The French revolutionaries displayed National Property For Sale placards on church walls and even by 1833 such inscriptions lingered on the southern tower of Notre Dame.
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Notre Dame
Balbriggan Ireland a linen town noted for stockings
Balbriggan in Ireland, located about 21 miles northeast of Dublin, is a bustling textile center. It serves as a seat of linen, cotton, and calico production and is especially noted for its stocking manufactures.
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Balbriggan
Ireland
Dublin
Sabbath Day's Journey Distances Under Rabbinic Law
A biblical measure of two thousand cubits about 877 yards defined as the Sabbath day journey a Jew might travel from the walls of a town under rabbinic law.
Inherent Talent and the Mind's Quiet Power
A compact reflection on inherent talent as the blend of reason and imagination. The piece argues that genius arises from inner faculties more than external praise, suggesting intellect shapes action and outcomes beyond surface effort.
Cause of Fishes Sheen From Alivery Guanin Reflection
The fishy shine comes from light reflecting off a waste substance named guanin. This alivery sheen explains why fish display a noticeable iridescent quality under certain conditions and points to the chemical nature of the pigment involved.
Bar Elasticity Study Says Iron Bar Outflows Rubber
Rheology researchers claim under certain conditions an iron bar shows greater elasticity than rubber, detailing tests on flow and deformation in a historic science note.
Cranberry History From Early Europe to America
A small European cranberry has long been noted while the larger American cranberry was found after the Pilgrims arrived. Berries gained notice when colonists sent ten barrels to Charles I. Plants are in the huckleberry family and require periodic flooding in summer while fields are kept flooded in winter to protect roots.
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Europe
America
Charles I
Marks on English silver after 1900 and their marks
The article lists standard marks on English silver post 1900 including the judge’s head maker’s mark annual letter lion passant lion’s head erased Britannia or the sovereign’s head, with exceptions for very small items. It serves as a reference for authenticity and identification of hallmarked pieces.
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Britannia
Edison Lost Much Money in Patent Disputes
Thomas A. Edison with over 1200 patents spent more on fighting his claims than he earned from selling his products as a manufacturer, rather than from his inventions.
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Edison
Thomas A. Edison
Newtons Spectrum Observation Described in 1668
Sir Isaac Newton observed a beam of sunlight entering a dark room through a shutter and passing through a glass prism to produce an unbroken band of colors. He named this phenomenon a spectrum in 1668.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaac Newton
Names proposed for states in Northwest Territory
In 1784 Thomas Jefferson suggested names for future states carved from the Northwest Territory. The list included Chersonesus Assenisipia Sylvania Pelisipia Mlinoia Polyto amis Mesopotamia and Michigania.
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Northwest Territory
Northwest
Thomas Jefferson
Chersonesus
Assenisipia
Sylvania
Pelisipia
Mlinoia
Polytoamis
Mesopotamia
Michigania
A Claim to Fame About Andrew Jackson Inn Roots
The parents of Andrew Jackson, seventh President, ran an inn at North Gate Cheecherkas County Antrim Ireland.
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Andrew Jackson
United States
North Gate
Cheecherkas
County Antrim
Ireland
Nervous Signal Triggers Tiny Acetyl-Chlorine Burst
A thought that directs muscle movement triggers a minute chemical surge in nerves, described as acetyl-chlorine, representing an almost infinitesimal spurting action in the body's chemical processes.
Cloves Sourced Mainly From Zan gibar and Pemba
The article notes that nine tenths of the world supply of cloves comes from the islands of Zangibar and Pemba off Africa. It states the tree cannot grow on the mainland or on Mafia Island nearby.
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Zangibar
Pemba
Africa
Mafia
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